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    Brownout repercussions

    The Unison DR racks at my school don't have this feature (I know this for a fact since I did go looking for the small box you mention). Thanks for the tip though. Is the product a sub component of the Emergency Lighting Transfer System (ELTS)??
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    Brownout repercussions

    One more note: the events that occurred to you are very similar to what happened to the DR racks I used to use in my highschool, and this problem will usually persist, if it does it indicates that the Command module is failing and will fail when you least want it to. I strongly recommend you...
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    Brownout repercussions

    Ah, the dreaded unison system dimmer lock on. This happened countless times to my old highschool venue which used to run a unison architectural system that went belly up every time we had a blackout, brownout, surge, spike... etc. It wasn't until my junior year after an initial renovation that...
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    DMX over Ethernet

    FYI, the ethernet switch you have is cisco, you may want to look into having all of your dedicated lighting network ports programmed such that they only give/accept connection(s) to the lighting equipment and not to computers if someone comes by and unplugs one of the ports. Where is the switch...
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    Mac vs. PC

    My advice: get what you are comfortable working with, just make sure the hardware you get can drive the software. I myself at the moment prefer the PC (my primary workstation is a core i5-750, with an nvidia Geforce 9800gt and an Nvidia Quadro nvs 295 with 3 22" widescreen LCD monitors). Don't...
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    What's going on here?

    That lamp is getting ready to go out with a bang. Recycle it or return it for a replacement.
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    DMX, Ethernet and PoE

    You could look at the Cisco Catalyst 3500PWR series switches. They are fully managed and if I remember right 50% of the ports are POE while the other half are standard.
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    Pen you use

    I am a fan of the Zebra F-301, Stainless steal casing, retractable, and refillable.
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    Some nooby dimmer questions.

    most dimmers of the type described in this thread have a label near the status indicator lights. The number corresponds to a current (such as 10, 15, or 20) and the wattage is determined roughly by multiplying the labeled current by 120(volts).
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    Choose A Leko For Me.

    S4, I remember a show I worked last year where there was an issue with fitting slightly older color scrollers into Strand SLs because the mounting plate was S4 specific and was just a tad too large to slide into an SL. Also the SL is a pain, eventually the lamp socket assembly cap will loosen to...
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    ETC express 48/96 board issue...lights come on when no sliders are up.

    Any chance that you have a channel parked at a level or you have a panic system on? The park function is S6 on the stage view page and then select a channel number and hit release.
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    ETC Equipment Q's (Congo, S4)

    What is the date of manufacture on the fixtures that are 1 year old and less than one year old? If any land in or around October 2006, then you have fixtures that possibly have faulty Bender & Wirth 969 TP22 sockets, if you have any in that lot that have gone bad, give ETC a call and they can...
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    Can anyone identify this effect fixture?

    Probably some vari*lite of some sort. Can you get a better close up image? Or is that as close as you can get.
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    source4+wall outlet = ?

    It should work fine.
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    ETC Emphasis Server

    What dell computer model was used as the emphasis server's host system? If it was a optiplex GX270 or GX280 that either hangs up and crashes or randomly reboots, then there is more then likely a problem with either the capacitors on the motherboard or in the power supply. Another question: how...
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